Summary:
Zip code 39422 contains one high school, Bay Springs High School, serving grades 9 through 12 in the rural community of Bay Springs, Mississippi, within the West Jasper School District. With 241 students, Bay Springs High School operates with a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.4, meaning classes are relatively small and students may have more opportunities for individual attention. However, the school serves a high-poverty population — 94.19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch — which places significant challenges on academic outcomes.
State ranking history shows a school that has struggled with consistency. Bay Springs High School ranked in the 13th percentile among Mississippi high schools in 2023–2024 (receiving 1 star), jumped to the 46th percentile in 2024–2025 (2 stars), then slipped to the 31st percentile in 2025–2026 (2 stars). This volatility suggests that year-to-year performance can vary significantly depending on the student cohort. On a positive note, the school's graduation rate of 88.9% is essentially tied with the state average of 89.2%, though it trails the West Jasper School District's rate of 92.8% by about 4 percentage points.
Academic proficiency on MAAP end-of-course tests is mixed. In 2025–2026, Algebra I proficiency was 58.8% (state: 66.0%) and Biology was 60.0% (state: 63.1%), both within single digits of state averages. English II, however, is a major concern — only 27.2% of students were proficient, roughly 22 points below the state average, and down sharply from 44.7% the prior year. Chronic absenteeism is the most urgent red flag: 42.1% of students were chronically absent in 2023–2024, nearly double the state average of 23.9%. Given the school's high poverty rate and strong graduation rate, Bay Springs High School shows resilience, but reducing absenteeism and providing targeted literacy support for English II should be top priorities for improvement.
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